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All city streetlights to be LED by end of January, says corporation

TNN | Updated: Jan 3, 2019, 12:48 IST

CHENNAI: Of the 2.77 lakh streetlights of different types in the corporation area, more than 2 lakh have been replaced with LED lamps, while the remaining will be replaced by the end of January, sources in the civic body said.

“Most of the arterial roads now are fitted with LED lights. Roads like Poonamallee High Road, Walltax Road, Sardar Patel Road, Anna Salai, LB Road, East Coast Rod, Kamarajar Salai, Arcot Road, Greenways Road, New Avadi Road are some of the bus route roads fitted with LED light. Besides, LED conversion has been carried out along the roads adjoining the Marina and Elliott’s Beaches,” said an official.

Another official pointed out that while many arterial roads were fitted with LED lights, several interior roads are yet to get LED fittings.

“Over 400 high-mast lights at busy junctions and crowded spots were also replaced by LEDs,” said another official.

Officials in the civic body added that an 80 crore project which the corporation undertook last year to revamp the existing infrastructure in extended areas is almost completed. “Nearly 95% of the infrastructure in erstwhile panchayats were replaced.

The project to replace the existing lamps with LED fittings is being carried out at a cost of 140 crore and covers most of the core city areas and some of the added areas.

Electricity charges incurred by the civic body every month for streetlights was around 6.58 crore in 2015, said sources, adding now it has come down to 4.5 crore.

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